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• The Celebrity Circle review – 'catfishing Big Brother' is hard to quit

  09-03-2021 23:30
  
  Watching famous people try to win over others by force of their own personality – or maybe someone else’s – makes for a compelling spinoff of the surprise TV hitNo series is more pandemic-ready, or more adaptable to a celebrity version, than The Circle (Channel 4), which made this Stand Up to Cancer special something of a winner before it even began. The non-celebrity Circle was a surprise hit, and I say surprise because a competitive reality show based on text messages doesn&r
  
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• ‘On-Gaku: Our Sound’ Review: They Will Rock You

  09-03-2021 23:12 via nytimes.com
  
  The anime film, which took seven years to produce, combines groovy musical vibes with delightfully deadpan humor.
  
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• See Lady Gaga and Adam Driver Channel '80s Ski Glamour in First Look at House of Gucci

  09-03-2021 23:09 via feeds.eonline.com
  
  If you thought A Star is Born was glamorous, just wait until you get a peek at Lady Gaga's next movie. It's already breaking the internet.
  The singer gave a first look at her...
  
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• Unforgotten series four, episode three recap – when will Fiona fold?

  09-03-2021 23:00
  
  There are flashbacks and cash lacks as as the crime drama continues and the pressure mounts on our four suspects Matthew Walsh will soon be reunited with his head and hands and were he able to, he would offer a tip of the hat to that industrious team player Jake for the assist. Perhaps just as important, midfield dynamo Fran unearths a corroborating witness to confirm that Walsh was being chased by two men – one Asian, one unusually tall. The fun really begins when we get our first face-to
  
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• The Great Celebrity Bake Off 2021: episode one – as it happened

  09-03-2021 22:17
  
  Daisy Ridley, Rob Beckett, Tom Allen and Alexandra Burke enter the tent for this year’s charity competition. But who will wow the judges with a stunning showstopper – and whose bakes will be half-baked?9.17pm GMT We’ll see you next week for more bumbling bakes as Anne Marie, James McAvoy, David Baddiel and Kelly Holmes take on the tent! Look after yourselves, you lovely lot. x 9.16pm GMT What a lovely evening after what has been a week (and it’s only Tuesday). Alexandra d
  
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• The Virus Cost Performers Their Work, Then Their Health Coverage

  09-03-2021 21:02 via nytimes.com
  
  As the entertainment industry collapsed during the pandemic, several major health plans made it harder to qualify for insurance. Thousands lost it.
  
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• The Great Celebrity Bake Off 2021: episode one – live

  09-03-2021 20:48
  
  Daisy Ridley, Rob Beckett, Tom Allen and Alexandra Burke enter the tent for this year’s charity competition. But who will wow the judges with a stunning showstopper – and whose bakes will be half-baked?7.48pm GMT Do our contestants claim to have even a modicum of baking know-how? No. Does that mean Scott and I will be lowering our expectations? Also no. 11.14am GMT We’re back! It’s been three months since our last Bake Off liveblog and a month since Junior Bake Off came t
  
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• Directors Guild Nominations Make History With Two Female Contenders

  09-03-2021 20:07 via nytimes.com
  
  The group has never nominated more than one woman in a year. Emerald Fennell and Chloé Zhao made the cut, along with Lee Isaac Chung, Aaron Sorkin and David Fincher.
  
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• BAFTA Film Awards 2021: See the Complete List of Nominees

  09-03-2021 19:13 via feeds.eonline.com
  
  The nominations for the 2021 EE British Academy Film Awards are finally here!The British Academy of Film and Television announced this year's nominees on Tuesday, March 9. Nomadland...
  
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• The woman who disappeared: why is Britain still obsessed with Suzy Lamplugh?

  09-03-2021 17:52
  
  It was Britain’s biggest ever missing person’s inquiry. And now, 35 years on, a Sky documentary is re-examining the tragic mystery of the estate agent who went out for lunch and never came backIn the summer of 1986, London was on the cusp of a boom, with house prices having risen by almost 20% in a year. When Suzy Lamplugh applied for a job as an estate agent, she noted with delight in her diary: “I’m hired on the spot.” In a distressingly prescient later entry, she
  
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• George Clooney and Julia Roberts the latest stars heading to Australia as Queensland film boom continues

  09-03-2021 17:30
  
  The stars’ new romcom, Ticket to Paradise, joins Hollywood blockbusters shifting production to the sunshine state, lured by grants and low Covid rates A new romantic comedy starring George Clooney and Julia Roberts will inject an estimated $32.7m into the Queensland economy in 2021, premier Annastacia Palaszczuk announced on Tuesday.Universal Pictures’ Ticket to Paradise will begin filming in the Whitsundays, on the Gold Coast and in Brisbane later this year, and is expected to creat
  
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• India’s new internet law hits first legal challenge

  09-03-2021 16:51 via ft.com
  Critics of sweeping regulations have accused New Delhi of over-reach amid free speech concerns
  
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• ITV: royally flush

  09-03-2021 16:30 via ft.com
  Broadcaster has a decent strategy but is moving too slowly
  
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• BAFTA Nominations: ‘Nomadland’ and ‘Rocks’ Lead Diverse List

  09-03-2021 16:15 via nytimes.com
  
  But the nominees include many independent films, after BAFTA overhauled its voting processes to rectify all-white, all-male shortlists.
  
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• I Miss Being Part of an Audience

  09-03-2021 16:00 via nytimes.com
  
  Crowds can be mindless, even dangerous. But that feeling of losing yourself as you experience art together hasn’t been replicated since live entertainment went online.
  
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• 'I Care a Lot': The Inspirations Behind the Movie

  09-03-2021 16:00 via nytimes.com
  
  The writer-director J Blakeson behind the blade-sharp Netflix thriller shares the films, images and sounds that guided him in crafting the movie.
  
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• ‘Blindness’ Sets Opening, Off Broadway and Indoors

  09-03-2021 16:00 via nytimes.com
  
  An audio adaptation of the celebrated novel has no live actors and was a pandemic hit in London. In New York it will play to 50 people per show.
  
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• Four women up for best director in strikingly diverse Bafta nominations

  09-03-2021 15:18
  
  Rocks and Nomadland top scorecard in first British Film Academy shortlist since radical changes made to improve inclusivityFour women and three foreign-language directors have been nominated for this year’s Bafta awards in a list whose reach and inclusivity come as a marked contrast to last year’s nominations. Related: Baftas 2021: the full list of nominationsContinue reading...
  
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• Baftas 2021: the full list of nominations

  09-03-2021 15:15
  
  From Nomadland to Promising Young Woman, the films up for a gong at this year’s British film awardsThe FatherThe Mauritanian
  Nomadland
  Promising Young Woman
  The Trial of the Chicago 7 Continue reading...
  
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• Oprah interview shows broadcast TV can still make a splash in streaming era

  09-03-2021 15:08 via ft.com
  Audience short of previous record but harks back to a time when celebrity sit-downs were a staple for networks
  
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• Oprah interview shows broadcast TV can still make a splash

  09-03-2021 15:08 via ft.com
  Meghan Markle exclusive harks back to time when celebrity sit-downs were a staple for networks
  
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• Tracy Beaker’s Dani Harmer: ‘My daughter can’t understand why I’m in the TV’

  09-03-2021 15:00
  
  The CBBC star discusses her childhood love of US teen sitcoms – and dosing up on nostalgia on the streaming servicesI was born in the 80s, but very much raised in the 90s. That was the best era for US teen sitcoms – I absolutely loved Saved By the Bell and Sister Sister. When we got a cable box, it was the most exciting thing, because then we had more than just the four channels. I would get home from school and rush to get changed quickly, grab a snack and then put on Trouble, which
  
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• 'Snyder cut' of Justice League accidentally released on HBO Max

  09-03-2021 12:02
  
  Streaming service screened part of Zack Snyder’s 242-minute-long edit instead of new Tom and Jerry animationThe long-awaited “Snyder cut” of the superhero movie Justice League was accidentally released on streaming service HBO Max on Monday, before being removed.According to the Hollywood Reporter, customers who were attempting to access the new Tom and Jerry movie found that instead the service played Zack Snyder’s Justice League, which is due to be released on 19 March.
  
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• ITV unveils fresh cost cuts as latest lockdown weighs on advertising

  09-03-2021 10:53 via ft.com
  Broadcaster yet to restore dividend as it outlines plan to cut annual overheads by £100m a year by 2022
  
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• ‘The idea is bonkers’: the secrets behind the success of The Circle

  09-03-2021 10:00
  
  The isolating, app-based Channel 4 show feels eerily relevant to the past 12 months. Former and current contestants discuss the experience – and the struggle of readjusting to normal lifeIt is September 2019 and Richard Madeley is twerking alone in a high-security flat in Salford. The presenter is taking part in the second season of the Channel 4 reality show The Circle, on which he is catfishing as a 27-year-old PR girl called Judy. Dressed in a motion-capture suit, he is gyrating seducti
  
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• Terminator sitcoms and celebrity Shetland Pony racing: our writers' lockdown TV pitches

  09-03-2021 10:00
  
  From electricity-deficient mob dramas to ‘Gardeners’ World on acid’, here are the shows dreamt up during our excess of spare timeModern Toss on coming up with ideas for television showsPonying up for charity
  We’ve had The Jump. We’ve heard the agonising slap of flab on drink in Splash! Celebs have proven time and again that they are willing to risk everything – injury, reputation, the privilege of being able to say: “I have never soiled myself on televis
  
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• TV tonight: celebrities face off in the charity Bake Off tent

  09-03-2021 07:20
  
  Daisy Ridley, Rob Beckett, Alexandra Burke and Tom Allen try to impress the judges. Plus: DNA Family Secrets. Here’s what to watch this eveningContinue reading...
  
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• U.S. Lawmakers Suggest 25 Movies About Latinos to the Film Registry

  09-03-2021 00:18 via nytimes.com
  
  By diversifying the films added to the national registry, members of Congress hope that more opportunities will open up for Latinos in Hollywood.
  
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